Garment-hanger.



No. 790,708. PATENTEDAMAY 23, 1905. P. STBIGBR. GARMENT'HANGBB..

APPLIUATIGN FILED SEPT. 20,1904.

Patented May 23, 1905.

PATENT Trice.

PETER STEIGER. OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARMENT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 790,708, dated May 23, 1905.

Application filed September 20, 1904. Serial No. 225,233.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER STEIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an all-wire garment-hanger adapted to support a coat or a coat and vest and also a pair of trousers or other garment at the same time.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of the hanger inwhich the coat-support only is seen. .Fig.y 2 is a side elevation of the complete hanger. Fig. 3 is also a side elevation showing the improved manner of hanging a pair of trousers.

The coat-hanger comprises a double-wire arch A, having a hook for its suspension and a horizontal brace wire or rod c extended across from the lower ends of the arch. The wire which forms the arch has one end formed into a hook or clip d near the suspension-hook, then curves down at c to and 'forms a lower end of the arch atf by doubling back on itself, and then curving upward, as at g, to the center, where the suspension-hook b is formed. This completes one side of the arch. From the said hook the other side of the arch is formed by the down-curved wire g tothe lower end, where it is doubled back, as at', and then curves upward, as at e, terminating in a hook or clip (Z, near the suspension-hook I). The horizontal brace-rod c connects the two doubled-back loops ff The foregoing comprises a coat and vest hanger. The trousers clamp and hanger is suspended 'from the coat-hanger.

Two pendent rods h L/ are suitably connected with the doubled-back loops j' j", and from said loops incline, so that their lower ends are closer together than their upper ends. A lower horizontal rod t connects the said two inclined pendent rods, and said lower rod is parallel with the upper horizontal bracerod c. At each. lower corner an open rectangular ring 7" is the means for connecting the inclined pendent rods 7L 71. with the horizontal rod t. These open rectangular rings has one end hinged or jointed at k to the pendent rod h', just above the open ring j.

This bar has at its free end a hook 7a2, which engages over the open ring j. It will be seen the stationary lower horizontal rod i and the hinged bar lc constitute a clamp. As the clamp i k is at the lower ends of the inclined rods h h', said clamp is shorter than the base of the arch A, whereby said clamp will not interfere with a coat suspendedabove from the arch and likewise a hanging coat will not interfere with the clamp.

The manner of hanging trousers by this device is shown in Fig. 8. The legs of the trousers are iirst folded flat to form two creases in each leg, one crease down the front and one down the back, after the prevalent fashion, The lower ends of the two legs are then slipped between the arch A and the upper horizontal rod c. The clamping-bar 7c is unhooked and the bottoms o'l` the trousers-legs are placed between the lower horizontal rod i and the said clamping-bar and then the hook k2 of the latter is engaged at ,thereby clamping the bottoms of the trousers-legs. When the suspension-hook b is engaged with some support, the hanger will support the trousers, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be seen the bottoms of the legs are clamped. The creased trousers then extend from the clamp 'i 7c upward to the top rod c and over said rod and thence hang downward, the body part of the trousers being lowermost. The result of this manner oi hanging trousers is advantageous. The weight of the body part produces a drawing strain over the upper rod c,

which keeps the lower end of the legs taut and also spread crosswise where they are creased iront and back.

Instead of mens trousers, womens garments, such as skirts, may be hung 'from the clamp, the skirt being folded and then hung over the rod c, and the ordinary loops with which the skirts are provided may be passed over the rings and j.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. A garment-hanger having an arched upper part, A;.a horizontal rod, c, extending across from the lower ends of said'aroh; two pendent inclined rods whose lower ends are closer together than the upper ends,V anda clamp attached to the lower ends of said pendent rods, as set forth.

2. Agarment-hanger having an arched upper part, A; a horizontal rod, c, extending across from the lower ends of said arch; two

`wire rods pendent from said arch and carry- Y 

